Data Source

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Previous custodian or owner

Claude Anet (1868 - 1931)

Hagop Kevorkian (1872 - 1962)

Provenance

To 1931

Claude Anet (1868-1931), Paris to 1931 [1]

1932

Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), acquired in Paris, March 21, 1932 [2]

From 1932

Freer Gallery of Art, puchased from Hagop Kevorkian in 1932 [3]

Notes:

[1] Object file, folder sheet note.

[2] See Hagop Kevorkian's letter to Mr. Lodge, dated March 25, 1932 Paris, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[3] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

Calligrapher

Sultan Muhammad Nur

Artist

Shaykhzade

Date

1523-24 (930 A.H.)

Period

Safavid period

Credit Line

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Medium

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 30 x 18.9 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/16 in)

Type

Manuscript

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Accession Number

F1932.51

Topic

music

Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

eating

celebration

poem

courtier

garden

Afghanistan

prince

Arts of the Islamic World

Origin

Herat, Afghanistan

Restrictions & Rights

Copyright with museum